Excerpt from Sylva Telluriana Mantissa Synoptica: New Genera and Species of Trees and Shrubs of North America, and Other Regions of the Earth, Omitted or Mistaken by the Botanical Authors and Compilers, or Not Properly Classified, Now Reduced by Their Natural Affinities to the Proper Natural Orders Altho' we have several works on Fruit trees, Forest Trees, Ornamental Shrubs, of some Re gions, no Work has ever been attempted upon all those of our Globe; and altho' usually intro duced in general works, yet they appear there drowned and blended with the whole of vegeta tion: while they hold such a rank by size and importance, as to deserve to stand alone. We lack thus a complete view of Arborescent and Frutescent forms all over the Earth, and their natural groups. A very common distinction, but not always accurate is their division into Trees, Palms, Shrubs, Under Shrubs, T horns, Bushes and Vines. Except Palms all the others are unna tural blending forms of woody Vegetables. The Cactes or Cactoid forms, the Smilax or Shrub. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.